Post #1340

"To gain a definite understanding of emptiness, it is necessary first to receive the teachings from a teacher, to read the texts of great masters, or to study the sutras taught by the Buddha, so that one can have a strong foundation of the Buddha's teachings. Thus, there is the wisdom or prajna that comes from studying (literally "from hearing the teachings"). It is not sufficient to simply know what the Buddha taught; one needs also to contemplate the teachings in order to understand why the teachings are correct. Then one gains the wisdom or prajna that comes from contemplating the teachings. Both wisdoms are necessary, the wisdom arising from learning and the wisdom arising from contemplating the teachings." Thrangu Rinpoche